Rick is a juror in the 2015 Spark Design Awards in San Francisco. He is part of the "Wear" category.

Rick has designed several wearable connected devices - from a deep brain stimulation charging system for Medtronic to full body sensors for the bio-mechanics Silicon Valley start up TuringSense. Wearable sensors and smart materials that might help us in our daily lives are becoming as pervasive as they are in smart appliances, transportation and communication devices.